Example sentences of "but in [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth took the materialist philosophy of Locke and Hartley which had sufficed the eighteenth century , and changed round the terms , writing in positive instead of negative signs Instead of a dead universe described in terms of machines from which the Creator had departed , he proposed a living universe called ‘ Nature ’ described in terms of growth and organic life , which was being continuously created by a God who was inextricably involved in all its parts Whereas in Locke the mind at birth was ‘ a white paper ’ , with no innate ideas , in Wordsworth the mind retains in early childhood some consciousness of a pre-existent state ; in Locke the mind passively receives impressions from the senses , but in but in Wordsworth the mind actively perceives and a creative power within the mind organizes the multitude of chaotic sense impressions into a partial picture of the world . |
| 2 | But in Norfolk the weather had improved as the Brize formation of VC10s and a Tristar flew low over Marham . |
| 3 | But in July the Appeal Court quashed the conviction and ordered a second trial . |
| 4 | But in July the commission opted for policies which are disastrous for professional family farms , expensive for taxpayers , unlikely to remove surplus production , and bad for the countryside . |
| 5 | Women could not normally inherit in other ancient Near Eastern countries , but in Israel the ruling is given that brotherless daughters may inherit . |
| 6 | Thereafter prices evened out around the dollars 18 level ( the " minimum " reference price for OPEC oil confirmed in November 1989-see p. 37053 ) , but in December the world market was again temporarily affected ( this time by exceptionally cold weather in North America and by the US military operation in Panama-see pp. 37112-13 ) and in the latter part of that month the Brent crude price rose to over dollars 20 . |
| 7 | International increases in oil prices preceded both recessions , but in Britain the second was advanced and deepened by government policy . |
| 8 | There are parallels here with the beginnings of search in the USA , but in Britain the concept of headhunting , as indeed with other features of modern business practice , was pushed , not pulled . |
| 9 | These facilities differ in all parts of the world , but in Britain the evening class is probably the most accessible form of training . |
| 10 | But in India the technology for this does not exist . |
| 11 | Scotland might order things differently , but in England the rule was that what was not prohibited was permitted and the debate on civil rights was therefore concerned with the balance between the acceptable limits imposed by law and the freedom of action of the individual . |
| 12 | But in Spain the climbing clubs are not properly integrated into the civil protection unit , and their assistance can only be expected at weekends . |
| 13 | People in London and Stockholm may get better suntans , but in Africa the likelihood of drought and famine is magnified many times ; and , as icecaps melt , the sea level will rise , flooding many low-lying areas . |
| 14 | But in Alceste the batteur is close by the stage and holds only one implement , not positioned very high , grasped perhaps near to its end . |
| 15 | But in Russia the bourgeoisie was fatally inhibited from challenging the old order by the spectre of a second revolution , ripening alongside the first : a proletarian and socialist revolution . |
| 16 | Nothing was resolved then , but in April the Company asked Sir Nicholas Moseley , Sir Peter Legh , Sir Urian Legh , and a Mr. Holland of Denton to investigate the charges . |
| 17 | Rice production is also very labour intensive , but in Japan the intensity of work is not even throughout the year , freeing the population for other work at certain times . |
| 18 | In May 1691 a new French general reached Limerick , with further arms and other supplies , but in August the Duke of Tyrconnel died , and on 3 October 1691 an uneasy peace was restored to Ireland by the Treaty of Limerick . |
| 19 | In April 1860 the Minister of Internal Affairs presented " Temporary Rules on District Land Offices " to the State Council , but in June the tsar returned them to the ministry to await the preparation of a Statute on Provincial Institutions . |
| 20 | But in Yugoslavia the situation is different . |
| 21 | A good deal has been said about his struggles on the greens in the last 28 months , but in Canada the situation was altogether different . |
| 22 | But in Kenya the poaching was motivated solely by profit . |
| 23 | But in Kashmir the insurgency is only three years old , and while there are cases of extortion and rape by the militants , it will be years before they are rejected as were their counterparts in Punjab . |
| 24 | But in Brideshead the point runs sharper and deeper . |